Cigarette-holder.



W; BEAMISH.

CIGARETTE HOLDER.

APPLIOATION rmm SEPT. 1, 1907.

915,726, Patented Mar. 23, 909.

UNITED sT T Es PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM BEAMISE-OF DUNEDIN, NEW EALAND.

CIGABETTE-EQLDER.

Application filed September 7, 1907. Serial Ho. 391,810..

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 23, 1909.

' To all whom it may concern:

1 subject of Great Britain,

'din, New Zealand, .have invented new and Be it known that I, WILLIAM BEAMISH, a

residing at Duneuseful Improvements in Cigarette-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is for a cigarette holder which mav be used for various sizesof cigarettes and in whichfthe cigarette is readily inserted and by which the 'cotin is pre-. vented from entering the mout of a smoker,

moisture from the lips and mouth is pre-' ing my invention the same numerals of reference lndlcate the same parts, and Flgure 1 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is a plan. Figs. 3 and 4 are end views.

In these drawings (1) is the elongated conical shell provided with a flared end (2)- forming a mouth and with the other end (3) folded inward so'asto leave a small hole(4) for drawing the smoke of the cigarette through. Aislot (5) may be out in the flared end to allow the insertion of a pinor the like to remove the stump of a. ci arette.

A cigarette (6) is place -from the lips or inside of the holder far enough to be firmly held thereby. The flared mouth (2) prevents moisture mouth of the smokerfrom reaching the pa er (6) of the cigarette and also facilitates t e insertion of the cigarette and is a guard for the fingers to) prevent them slip ing oil the holder onto the ciga rette. Tl ie inwardly turned ed e (3) at th drawing end forms an annu ar which collects and retains the greater part of the'nicotin from the cigarette.

The holder is preferably an inch to an inch and a half long being intended to be held between the lips onl and not the teeth and it is preferably ol 'gold or silver so that no injury may be caused to the lips of the smoker. It may be made With a cylindric'al body but in this case it isnot. adapted to take different sizes of cigarettes.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is I A cigarette holder comprising a conical shell having its larger end flared and its smaller end folded inwardly so as to leave a small hole, and a slot extending from the outer edge of the flared end inwardly.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM BEAMISH. Witnesses:

J. H. STAPLE, T; A. CLATER.'

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